Abstract

EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIOXIDANT, ANTI INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY AND TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF NJAVARA (Oryza sativa Linn)

Nivya Mariam Paul* and Rosy Joseph Moolan

ABSTRACT

Njavara is the unique rice cultivar grown only in Kerala, and is believed to have medicinal property to rectify the basic ills affecting our circulatory, respiratory and the digestive systems. Methanolic and ethanolic extracts of Njavara grain, bran and mixture were collected and used for Antibacterial analysis. The Antibacterial activity was evaluated against four different bacterial strains by disc diffusion method and detected the minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration. Njavara bran showed greater reducing power and significantly higher scavenging activity with 2, 2- diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl radical. The anti-inflammatory effect of Njavara grain, bran and mixture was compared with standard, in this bran showed high activity than others. Trace element content of three elements like K, Cu, and Fe were analyzed.

Keywords: Njavara,anti bacterial activity, Antioxidant activity, anti inflammatory activity, trace element analysis,